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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.
So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
My memory is not even what most peoples is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.
Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence -- helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.
Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade.
I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.
That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
Can't you just imagine digging up the King, begging him to sing about those heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned.
Maybe you simply criticized someone you hardly knew. You ruined part of their life. For them, part of your life, too.
I'd like to go back to Paris someday and visit the Lourve museum, get a good running start, and hurl myself at the wall.
All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.
I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off.
I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.
There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.
I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
We made mad love shadow love random love and abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies... I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.
And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill.
It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.
don't let us get sick, don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid, alright? just make us be brave, and make us play nice, and let us be together tonight.
I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
LeRoy says there's something you should know, not everybody has a place to go. And home is just a place to hang your head, and dream of things to do in Denver when you're dead.
You put more value on every minute...You know I always kinda thought I did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it's more valuable now. You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute.
To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.
I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.
People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strikes them as being a marvelous place, and they want to keep bringing that to everybody's attention. You know ~ a scary place, a menacing place, an exciting place because it's scary and menacing. But mainly, kind of glorious.
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too. ... And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard. ... Dylan can do no wrong. ... Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him. ... I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.